Huang, Jian-Fei
Xiong, Yu-Jun
Meng, Xiang-Da
Lv, Tian
Article History
Received: 2 April 2025
Accepted: 30 June 2025
First Online: 14 July 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). Consent to participate was obtained and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) ethics committee approved NHANES study protocol. Study protocols for NHANES were approved by the NCHS ethnics review board (Protocol #2011–17). All information from the NHANES program is available and free for the public, so the agreement of the medical ethics committee board was not necessary. All participants provided written informed consent to participate in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.